Editing River Mole (section)

==Watermills==
[[Domesday Book]] listed twenty mills on the River Mole in 1086.<ref name=moleseyhistory/><ref name=water_mills_surrey/>

=== Upper Mole ===
[[File:The Mill at Dorking, Henry Hewitt (1869).jpg|thumb|''The Mill at Dorking'', by [[Henry Hewitt (painter)|Henry Hewitt]], a view of Castle Mill in 1869]]
Horley Mill was first mentioned in a deed of the early 13th century.  The most recent mill was demolished in 1959, although the mill house still stands.<ref name=water_mills_surrey/>

The first mill at [[Sidlow]] was built during [[History of Anglo-Saxon England|Saxon times]]. The final mill on the site was demolished in 1790, however remains of the [[leat|mill leat]] are still visible.<ref name=water_mills_surrey/>

Mention is made of a mill at [[Brockham]] in 1634 and remains of the mill race are still visible.<ref name=water_mills_surrey/>

Castle Mill at Pixham is a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE|grade=II|desc=Old Castle Mill|num= 1279088 |date=11 June 1973}}</ref> It was a corn mill, built in the early 19th century, and has been converted into a [[bed and breakfast]] hotel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Castle Mill |url=https://www.facebook.com/castlemill17/ |website=Facebook |access-date=10 January 2022 |archive-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111091848/https://www.facebook.com/castlemill17/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Lower Mole ===

Slyfield Mill near [[Stoke d'Abernon]] is first mentioned in [[Domesday Book]].  It was used for [[fulling]] woollen cloth and milling corn.<ref name=water_mills_surrey/>

[[File:CobhamMill.JPG|right|thumb|alt=Brick building with tiled roof and two square windows, below which is a water wheel. Between the windows there is a wooden plaque, which reads "Cobham Mill Restored 1993 by Cobham Mill Preservation Trust and the National Rivers Authority".|Cobham Mill]]
[[File:RivMole01.JPG|right|thumb|The River Mole where it runs separately from the River Ember - at the site of East Molesey Upper Mill near The Wilderness]]
Five of the mills mentioned in [[Domesday Book]] were in the borough of Elmbridge.<ref name=moleseyhistory/>

Downside Mill, [[Cobham, Surrey|Cobham]] was the mill of the manor of Downe.  Until the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] it was owned by [[Chertsey Abbey]].<ref name=water_mills_surrey/> It has been used for many purposes including the processing of corn, paper, iron, tinplate and flock and the generation of electricity. The present building dates from the 18th century but it is inaccessible to the public.

Cobham Mill, downstream of Leatherhead, consisted of two mills used for grinding corn. In 1953 the larger mill was demolished by Surrey County Council to allieviate traffic congestion on Mill Road. The remaining red brick mill dates from the 1822 and was in use until 1928. It was restored to full working order by the Cobham Mill Preservation Trust, and is now open to the public from 2&nbsp;pm to 5&nbsp;pm on the second Sunday of each month (between April and October).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cobhammill.org.uk/ |title=Welcome to Cobham Mill |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2012 |work=Cobham Mill |publisher=Cobham Mill Preservation Trust |access-date=19 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417125014/http://cobhammill.org.uk/ |archive-date=17 April 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Esher Mill also known as Royal Mill was at the end of Mill Road in [[Lower Green, Esher|Lower Green]], where there is now an industrial estate. It was used to process corn, brass wire, iron, paper, linoleum, and books.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tarplee, Peter.|title=A guide to the industrial history of the borough of Elmbridge|date=1998|publisher=Surrey Industrial History Group|others=Surrey Industrial History Group.|isbn=0-9523918-6-4|location=Guildford|oclc=1000982567}}</ref> For many years there may have been two mills on the site for corn grinding and industrial use. There were a series of fires over a century and after the last in 1978 the buildings were demolished.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lowergreenesher.co.uk/2019/11/15/the-great-fire-at-burns-and-co/|title=The Great Fire At Burns And Co, Lower Green Esher|date=2019-11-15|website=Lower Green Esher|language=en|access-date=2020-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327145204/https://lowergreenesher.co.uk/2019/11/15/the-great-fire-at-burns-and-co/|archive-date=27 March 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

East Molesey Upper Mill was associated with the manor of Molesey Matham. It was used to produce gunpowder from the time of the Commonwealth until about 1780. The island where it stood now forms part of the ornamental gardens of a housing development called "The Wilderness".<ref name=molesey_mills>{{cite web |url=http://www.moleseyhistorysociety.org/Molesey%20Mills.pdf |title=Molesey Mills: A history of the mills and milling |author=Brian Smith |year=2009 |publisher=Molesey History Society |access-date=19 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204618/http://www.moleseyhistorysociety.org/Molesey%20Mills.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

East Molesey Lower Mill, also known as Sterte Mill, was associated with the manor of Molesey Prior. During the Commonwealth it was used for gunpowder manufacture, but after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 it reverted to corn milling. An old timber structure was replaced by a brick building in the 1820s which can be seen from the bridge over the Ember in Hampton Court Way.<ref name=molesey_mills/>

In addition there was Ember Mill, which stood on the banks of the old course of the River Ember near Hampton Court Way.<ref name=molesey_mills/>